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A family name on Granville Street, Downtown, Fairview, Shaughnessy, Kerrisdale, Oakridge and Marpole

The Andersons

In the city directories 1940 · eight people at seven addresses

The directories print eight people named Anderson at seven addresses in 1940, all on Granville Street. No first name or initials tie one address to another: we can't tell if they're one family. The directories print the name on 213 other streets too, all listed on the Anderson name's own page.

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Where the Andersons lived

Each pin is on its own block, numbered as the households below. Today's land, parks, main roads and local areas: City of Vancouver Open Data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).
  1. 1

    470 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • J W Anderson, a chiropractor 1940

    Next door in 1940: Rogers Bldg Barber Shop at 464 and A J Alexander at 474. The block, door by door

  2. 2

    577 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H Anderson, a manufacturers agent 1940

    Next door in 1940: Miss N Wilson at 575 and Shoppe Smartwear at 579. The block, door by door

  3. 3

    768 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • H C Anderson, a naturopath 1940

    Next door in 1940: Coast Fish Frying Co at 766 and World Millinery at 770. The block, door by door

  4. 4

    1018 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • G Anderson, proprietor of The Glenaird 1940
    • Andrew Anderson, a waiter 1940

    Next door in 1940: Oil Burner Dominion at 1016 and Alberta Furn at 1020. The block, door by door

  5. 5

    1046 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • Atwood P Anderson 1940

    Next door in 1940: Piano House Lewis at 1044 and Balderston Motors (used cars) at 1056. The block, door by door

  6. 6

    1221 Granville Street

    Downtown, 1940

    • William Anderson, a janitor at the Austin Hotel 1940

    Next door in 1940: Snap-On Tools of Can at 1211 and T Ishida at 1227. The block, door by door

  7. 7

    8120 Granville Street

    Marpole, 1940

    • J A M Anderson, a produce peddler 1940

    Next door in 1940: J F Kidd at 8122. The block, door by door

What they did

The name section prints a trade for four of the eight: a janitor, a produce peddler, a proprietor and a waiter.

Their neighbourhoods

The addresses are in Downtown (6) and Marpole. Each neighbourhood's page shows its trades, its people and every street in it, the way the directory printed them.

The story, address by address

In 1940 the directory lists J W Anderson, a chiropractor, at 470 Granville Street. H Anderson, a manufacturers agent, is listed at 577 Granville Street in 1940. In 1940 the directory lists H C Anderson, a naturopath, at 768 Granville Street.

G Anderson is listed at 1018 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section, where each person's work is printed, lists Gustav Anderson there as the householder, proprietor of The Glenaird, with Andrew Anderson, a waiter. The 1940 name section lists Atwood P Anderson at 1046 Granville Street. The 1940 name section lists William Anderson at 1221 Granville Street, a janitor at the Austin Hotel.

J A M Anderson is listed at 8120 Granville Street in 1940. The 1940 name section lists James A M Anderson there as the householder, a produce peddler.

Today

470 Granville, 1018 Granville, 1046 Granville and 1221 Granville still have their buildings from before 1946; the City no longer lists 577 Granville, 768 Granville and 8120 Granville, so those buildings are probably gone (inferred).

Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk
1917 Riders in uniform lead a parade along Granville Street, past crowds on the sidewalk. Not at the house at 1018 Granville: no archive photo of the 1000 block is known that we can show. City of Vancouver Archives, CVA 99-350. Public domain.

Every line as printed

All 10 lines printed under the name through 1945, each with its page at the Vancouver Public Library.
1940

British Columbia and Yukon Directory, street section

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Sources

Henderson's and successor city directories for Vancouver, read by us line by line: the street sections for 1905, 1915, 1925, 1935, 1940 and 1945, and the name section for 1930 and 1940 where we've read it (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories). Names are shown through 1945, as printed. Close spellings are grouped, as on the house pages, since a family's name was often spelled differently from one year to the next; one name can still be several families, and we join lines only where the first names or initials agree. Many Chinese, Japanese and other residents weren't named by the canvassers, so they can't be listed by name: their houses' pages say where. More family names under A. Want a name removed? Tell us.